It’s like my whole body just got numb,” Bookman told CNN affilate WABC.īut when she came back the next day to find out the exact size of her jackpot, a casino employee crushed her excitement. It would have been the largest slot machine jackpot in US history. She even took an excited self-portrait with the machine displaying her winnings: $42,949,672.
Katrina Bookman hit the jackpot on a slot machine in late August at Resorts World Casino in Jamaica, Queens.
It was a selfie she thought was worth nearly $43 million.
